Evaluation of the ICLR/TDI Basement Flood Risk Reduction Project

Flood damage to residential homes, particularly from basement flooding, causes significant damage to homes, hardship for homeowners, and is a major component of insurance claims in Canada. A number of programs have attempted to reduce basement flood risks yet the combinations of low risk perceptions by households, limited perceived private returns to investments, and a lack of collective action result in limited uptake, especially before significant flooding events occur. The ICLR/TDI Basement Flood Risk Reduction Project will target neighborhoods in risk-prone areas in the City of Calgary and for those that meet a set of eligibility criteria, will offer to provide home specific risk-reducing investments. The objective of this internship is to support an evaluation of these neighborhoods that will identify the factors that affect the likelihood of uptake of such investments and assess risk perceptions, and knowledge of flood risk and insurance, leading to improved protection of homeowners and reduction of losses.

Faculty Supervisor:

Vic Adamowicz;Peter Boxall

Student:

Partner:

Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

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